Where does “sparro” come from?
sparro (Old Dutch) comes from Frankish sparro, from Proto-Germanic sparrô, from Proto-Indo-European (s)par- — beam, log.
Ancestry of “sparro”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Frankish | sparro | — |
| 2 | Proto-Germanic | sparrô | a wooden beam, a log |
| 3 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)par- | beam, log |
Words derived from “sparro”